United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Northern Ireland)

United Kingdom general election, 2001

7 June 2001

All 18 Northern Irish seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party   Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley Party UUP DUP Leader since 28 August 1995 30 September 1971 Last election 10 Seats 2 Seats Seats before 9 3 Seats won 6 5 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 216,839 181,999 Percentage 26.8% 22.5% Swing 5.9% 8.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gerry Adams John Hume Party Sinn Féin SDLP Leader since 13 November 1983 1979 Last election 2 Seats 3 Seats Seats before 2 3 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 175,933 169,865 Percentage 21.7% 21.0% Swing 5.6% 3.1%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 for the country of Northern Ireland. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. The election resulted in a reduction in the share of vote and the number of seats won by the Ulster Unionist Party, though the UUP did remain the largest political party in Northern Ireland, and even managed to regain the seat of South Antrim after it was lost in a by-election in 2000 to the Democratic Unionist Party. The Social Democratic and Labour Party also suffered from a reduction in their share of the vote – ending in fourth place from second place at the last general election – though the SDLP did not lose any seats. Both the DUP and Sinn Féin increased their share of the vote as well as their number of seats.

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Northern Ireland.^[1]

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%
	UUP	6	-4	216,839	26.8
	DUP	5	+3	181,999	22.5
	Sinn Féin	4	+2	175,933	21.7
	SDLP	3	0	169,865	21.0
	Alliance	0	0	28,999	3.6
	UKUP	0	-1	13,509	1.7
	PUP	0	0	4,781	0.6
	NI Women's Coalition	0	0	2,968	0.4
	Conservative	0	0	2,422	0.3
	Workers' Party	0	0	2,352	0.3
	NI Unionist	0	0	1,794	0.2
	Vote For Yourself	0	0	418	0.1
	Others	0	0	8,495	0.8

References

1. "Election 2001 | Results | Northern Ireland". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2011.